1999:
The two-day celebration to honor the 30th Anniversary
of the Haunted Mansion continues at Disneyland.
1889:
Moroni Olsen, the voice of the Magic Mirror in Disney's 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is born in Ogden, Utah. (He is also the voice of the senior angel in the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.)
1907:
Character actor John McIntire, the voice of Grumpy Badger in Disney's 1981 film The Fox and the Hound, and Rufus in the 1977 release The Rescuers, is born in Spokane, Washington. Raised in Montana, he will grow up with ranchers and cowboys which will later inspire his performances in dozens of westerns (such as Apache and The Kentuckian.) McIntire's last film will be the Touchstone Pictures 1989 release Turner & Hooch - playing a crazy dog owner. (Fans of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho may recognize McIntire as Sheriff Al Chambers.)
1936:
A story conference for Snow White is held at the Disney Studio. Walt, Frank Churchill, Charles Philippi, Joe Grant, Bill Cottrell, Larry Morey, and Bob Kuwahara discuss the sequence in which the Huntsman, having taken Snow White into the woods, is supposed to kill her. Walt wants to develop the scene in such a way that the Huntsman loses his nerve.
1938:
Actress and Disney Legend Kathryn Beaumont is born in London, England. Her Disney credits include Alice in Wonderland - as the voice of Alice, and Peter Pan - as the voice of Wendy.
1952:
Disney's Goofy short Teachers are People is released by RKO Pictures. Goofy desperately
tries (without much success) to teach a classroom full of young troublemakers. Narrated by Alan Reed (the future
voice of Fred Flintstone), it features Pinto Colvig as Goofy.
1979:
Disney's comedy The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, starring Tim Conway,
Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Harry Morgan and Ruth Buzzi, is released.
A sequel to the 1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang, the film centers on two bumbling outlaw wannabees who try
to make it on their own ... without the help of their gang.
1985:
Disney and MGM/UA sign a 31-page, 20-year agreement, giving Disney the exclusive rights to use most of the MGM/UA film studio's movies.
1986:
Buena Vista Pictures' Ruthless People, starring Danny De Vito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, and Helen Slater, is released through Touchstone Pictures.
1991:
Mickey's Mart - a Walt Disney World souvenir shop in Tomorrowland - closes. It will later be known as Mickey's Star Traders.
1997:
Disney's 35th animated feature film Hercules is officially released in the U.S.
and Canada, the same day Disneyland's Hercules Victory Parade debuts.
Based on the legendary Greek mythology hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name,
Hercules) it is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The all-star voice cast includes Tate Donovan as Hercules, James Woods as Hades, Susan Egan as Megara, Danny DeVito as Philoctetes,
Rip Torn as Zeus, Bobcat Goldthwait as Pain, Wayne Knight as Demetrius, and Hal Holbrook as Amphitryon. (The film will earn 4 Annie Awards.)
1998:
The Disney Channel Original Movie You Lucky Dog, starring
Kirk Cameron, airs for the first time.
2006:
Buena Vista Games, Inc. (the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt
Disney Company) releases handheld video games based on the
feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
The original Broadway cast recording of Tarzan hits store shelves. The
Walt Disney Records release features a score by Phil Collins, including
five songs from the 1999 animated film of the same name.
1955:
This day's Mickey Mouse newspaper comic introduces a new character
named Lil' Davy. Created by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson, Lil' Davy is born out of the Davy Crockett
craze that has swept the nation. Davy will go on to make just over 20 more appearances in Mickey’s daily strip through February 1956.
Disney's press release for this day includes:
An advanced motion picture development, Circarama, consisting of a continuous image focused on a
360-degree screen, will be introduced at Disneyland Park on July 17 by American Motors Corporation, producer of Hudson, Nash and Rambler automobiles and Kelvinator appliances.
Kathryn Beaumont
the voice of
Alice in Wonderland also portrayed Alice on film ...
but only for the benefit of the Disney animators, as a live-action reference for their work.
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1935:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Who Killed Cock Robin? premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (It will play through July 17.) The short will be nationally released (by United Artists) two days later.
1927:
Robert Keeshan, famously known to children as Captain Kangaroo, is
born in Lynbrook, New York. He is the voice of Aesop in a 1998 episode
of Disney's Hercules television series.
1995:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chairman of the Board Mari Hulman George takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Walt Disney World Speedway. The track, located in Bay Lake on the grounds of the resort, will be a three-turn tri-oval, designed by Indianapolis Motor Speedway chief engineer Kevin Forbes.
"Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official." -Bob Keeshan
Who puts the GLAD in GLADIATOR?
JUNE
2008:
The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood hosts a special NASA space exploration display, including imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, on the same day as the release of Disney-Pixar’s new movie, WALL-E.
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Hercules released
2009:
A lucky group of Disny fans (including the webmaster of WDW Daily News) attend the
first ever D23 Walt Disney Studio & Archive Tour in Burbank, California. Normally-off-limits
to the general public, the special event is led by Dave Smith, Disney's official archivist.
